The Changing Image of Australian Nursing"(Bloomfield, J)
The Changing Image of Australian Nursing"(Bloomfield,J) 1. What period of Nursing is often referred to as "the Dark Age of Nursing"? Briefly explain your answer. (3 marks) 2. What was Osburn's most significant achievement? (2 marks) 3. Why was "Living in" considered to be an essential component of nurse training? (2 marks) 4. How many hours did a trainee work in the 1950/1960's ? (2 marks) 5. What happened in 1985 which altered conditions for nurses? (2 marks) 6. When did the move towards college-based nurse education occur? Briefly explain why? (3 marks) 7. Where do you see the future of nursing and what roles will Enrolled Nurses have? (6 marks)
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Historical background
General nursing duties in the earliest days of the Colony were undertaken by untrained convicts.
Male attendants undertook the supervision of male patients, their dietary needs and burial. Female attendants undertook similar duties with the female patients.[1] Attention to hygiene standards was almost non- existent.
Free settlers were generally appointed to the more prominent positions.
Jane Sims arrived free on the Friends in 1811 to take up the post of Midwife to the General Hospital. Her wages were paid from the Police Fund.
Midwives were also employed in a broad range of domestic situations.
The services of Mrs Frost and Mrs Reynolds, Elizabeth Macquarie’s midwives at the birth of her son Lachlan in 1814, were so appreciated by Governor Macquarie that he gave a gift of five pounds to each.[2]
When the Sydney Infirmary (later to be known as Sydney Hospital) opened in 1816, its staff consisted of an overseer, an attendant clerk, a gatekeeper, a matron and a number of male and female care givers.[3]
Over the next few decades staffing numbers increased and there was a growing awareness of the importance
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Historical background
General nursing duties in the earliest days of the Colony were undertaken by untrained convicts.
Male attendants undertook the supervision of male patients, their dietary needs and burial. Female attendants undertook similar duties with the female patients.[1] Attention to hygiene standards was almost non- existent.
Free settlers were generally appointed to the more prominent positions.
Jane Sims arrived free on the Friends in 1811 to take up the post of Midwife to the General Hospital. Her wages were paid from the Police Fund.
Midwives were also employed in a broad range of domestic situations.
The services of Mrs Frost and Mrs Reynolds, Elizabeth Macquarie’s midwives at the birth of her son Lachlan in 1814, were so appreciated by Governor Macquarie that he gave a gift of five pounds to each.[2]
When the Sydney Infirmary (later to be known as Sydney Hospital) opened in 1816, its staff consisted of an overseer, an attendant clerk, a gatekeeper, a matron and a number of male and female care givers.[3]
Over the next few decades staffing numbers increased and there was a growing awareness of the importance